• to reach;
  • to extend to;

It often used in the sense of "to influence" or "to affect," similar to 及 (급).

Etymology

The character 隶 is a phono-semantic compound composed of the hand radical 又 and a simplified form of the character 尾 (tail), symbolizing the act of "grabbing the tail."

Usage in Korean

When used as a semantic radical, it does not convey any specific meaning related to a particular field. When used as a phonetic component (음부), it can have pronunciations such as "이" (i), "체" (che), or "태" (tae).

For meanings related to "being mentally affected" or "crazy," other characters like 狂 (광, meaning "mad" or "crazy") and 猖 (창, meaning "rampant" or "frenzied") are used instead.

이,
i,
dae
Kangxi radical:171
Strokes:8
Unicode:U+96B6
Cangjie input:
  • 中水 (LE)
Composition:
  • ⿻ ⺕ 氺
Writing order
隶 Writing order

Neighboring radicals in the dictionary

References